# Senior Space Avionics Hardware Development Engineer at Varda

- Company: Varda
- What the company does: Expanding the economic bounds of humankind with the world's first orbital manufacturing & reentry platform. Backed by General Catalyst, Khosla and Founders Fund.
- Company website: https://varda.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: El Segundo, California, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $140K to $203K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-31
- Apply by: 2026-12-15
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/vardaspace/jobs/8113437003?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/varda-senior-space-avionics-hardware-development-engineer/

## About the role

As a Senior Space Avionics Hardware Development Engineer at Varda, you will design and deliver flight-critical electrical hardware for our satellite bus, reentry vehicle, and customer payloads — owning your hardware domain from schematic capture through flight qualification. You will define subsystem requirements based on high level mission and company objectives, design to those requirements, and ensure the system as manufactured meets those requirements. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- B.S. in Electrical or Computer Engineering or related engineering discipline
- 5+ years of direct experience designing electronics hardware - schematic capture, PCB layout, board bring-up, and environmental qualification - for aerospace, automotive, or other high-reliability industries
- Demonstrated experience contributing to complex electronics systems from design to production/deployment
- Advanced PCB design expertise, knowledge of high speed signal integrity, power and grounding, electromagnetic compatibility
- Experience taking complex PCB designs through fabrication and assembly
- Expert user of Altium and/or KiCad EDA suites

Tags: Avionics

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